(308) Status of Public Records Division
The Public Records Division (PRD) processes and fills orders for both
certified and uncertified copies of Patent and Trademark Office documents
and records assignments and other documents related to title. This is an
update of actual processing times for orders filled during the month of
August 2009:
DOCUMENT SERVICES Goal Actual
Processing
Time
Certified Documents
Patent Applications-As-Filed 7 days 6 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 16 days
Patent Copies 10 days 3 days
Patent Assignments 10 days 6 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed 7 days 5 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 24 days
Trademark Assignments 10 days 7 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited 5 days 4 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular 14 days 8 days
Uncertified Documents
Patent Copies 5 days 1 day
Plant Patents 5 days 1 day
Patent Assignments 10 days 2 days
Patent Related File Wrappers 25 days 6 days
Trademark Copies 5 days 1 day
Trademark Assignments 10 days 3 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers 25 days 3 days
Customers should use the above actual processing time for each product
as a guide as to when they can expect their orders to be completed. In
cases where an urgent deadline is approaching, contact Document Services
Customer Service at (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 for assistance with
a particular order.
Customers are encouraged to place orders through the Internet at
http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p
Orders may also be faxed to the Document Services Branch at (571)
273-3250. Information on the status of pending orders may be obtained by
calling (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC
Metro area), or via E-mail to dsd@uspto.gov.
ASSIGNMENT SERVICES
Goal Actual
Processing
Time
Submission Method
Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS) 2 days 1 day
Fax 10 days 1 day
Paper 14 days 1 day
The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices
for paper documents received in the Public Records Division on August 28,
2009.
Customers should use the above actual processing times as a guide as to
when they can expect their assignment submissions to be processed. For
fastest service customers are encouraged to file assignments via the

Internet.
Assignment submissions may be made via the Internet at
http://epas.uspto.gov/ for patent assignments and http://etas.uspto.gov for
trademark assignments. Patent assignment submissions may also be made by
selecting the "Electronic Filing (EFS)" option at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc.
Assignment submissions may also be faxed to the Assignment Services
Branch at (571) 273-0140. Trademark assignment recordations may be
reviewed online at http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments. Information on
the status of pending assignment recordations may be obtained by calling
(571) 272-3350 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area).
September 10, 2009 MARILYN RICKS-BEACH
for
TED PARR
Manager, Public Records Division
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